Record crowd watches Orlando City blank Seattle Sounders Reserves

Kevin Molino scored in first minute of 2-0 victory

The largest announced crowd to see a regular-season home match for Orlando City Soccer Club saw the fastest goal in team history.

It was a good night for Orlando City, which got goals from Kevin Molino and Rob Valentino to defeat the Seattle Sounders Reserves 2-0 on Sunday and move back into a first-place tie in the USL Pro league with the Richmond Kickers.

Orlando City (15-3-6) and Richmond (14-1-9) have 51 points each heading into the teams' meeting Wednesday night in Virginia.

"It was probably one of the most pleasing performances of the season," Lions coach Adrian Heath said. "As a unit, from the front to the back, we defended well. We attacked well, we moved the ball well and we looked dangerous all evening."

In front of an announced crowd of 10,697, Molino beat Seattle goalkeeper Andrew Weber on his right side and scored 36 seconds into the match.

"We started out bravely," Heath said. "We spoke about getting after it before the game started.''

Molino missed seven of Orlando City's past nine matches while playing in the Gold Cup for his native Trinidad & Tobago. Molino's last goal for the Lions came in the season opener in April.

Valentino made it 2-0, scoring off a corner kick from Anthony Pulis in the 30th minute.

Miguel Gallardo was in goal for Orlando City's eighth shutout. With two regular-season matches left, the Lions have secured at least two home playoff matches if they advance.

They would like the No. 1 overall seed in the eight-team postseason, and beating Richmond on Wednesday night is key.

"We need to come with that same energy; that same passion that we did [Sunday night]," Valentino said.

Said Heath: "We definitely take some confidence [out of the win]. There were two or three weeks where I have not been particularly pleased with the level of performance, the enthusiasm, the drive to go and get a result. We showed all of that tonight."